Dumping-wagon



(No Model.) ELSheets-Sheet 1.

R. P. KING.

' DUMPING WAGON.

No. 541,170. Patented June 18,1895.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT F. KING, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,170, dated June 18,1895.

Application filed May 27,1892. Renewed December 5, 1894- Serial No.530,928- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT F. KING,a citizen of the United States,residing at Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagons; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in dumpingwagons, and the invention consists in the construction, arrangement andadaptation of parts, all as will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of theframework of my vehicle; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is atransverse section.

The frame of my vehicle consists of two parallel longitudinal beams Aand A that at their extreme front ends are connected by a transverse baror beam B. Just in the rear of the latter is the front bolster 0 beingsecurely bolted to the under side of the beams A and A, and a shortdistance in rear of the bolster, is a transverse bar D likewise securelybolted to the under side of the said beams. To the inner and outer sidesrespectively of each beam, are secured bars E and E that have a lengthsutficient to extend from the beam B to the bar D, and preferably thebars adjacent to each beam, and the latter are united by bolts passingentirely through all three. Rising from the outer bars E, E, arestandards F and F, which support a seat F.

The rear axle G is not directly and rigidly connected to the beams A andA, but is bolted to the under sides of two longitudinally movable bars Hand H that each engages the rear portion of one of the beams A. Each barH is L-shaped in cross section, and its vertical portion engages theouter side of the beam A while the horizontal portion engages the underside thereof. The upper side of each beam is engaged by the horizontallybent end of the metal bar I that is attached to each bar H at its frontend. A short bar J engages the inner side of each beam being bolted atits rear end to the top side of the axle G and at its front end to thetop side of the transverse bar G secured to the under sides of the twobars H and H. By this arrangement the rear axle is capable of beingmoved either forward or backward, to permit the length of the vehicle tobe varied. When used as a hay rack it may be desirable to use theextreme length, while for the purposes of a dumping wagon, theadjustment will be to the short vlength. Holes are provided in the beamsA and in the bars H, which are adapted to be placed in alignment andthrough which pins or bolts may be passed'to fix the rear axle at thedesired point of adjustment.

0 and O are independent boxes mounted one in advance of the other. Eachbox has on its under side two rearwardly extending hooks 0 and 0, whichin the case of the front box 0 engage two loops p secured at the rearends of the inner bars E. The hooks 0 and o of the rear box 0 engageloops P secured at the rear ends of the short bars G attached to therear axle. These hooks and loops constitute hinges on which the boxesturn to dump. Each box has an end gate Q which at its upper edge isconnected to the transverse bar of a u-shaped frame R that has its freeends pivotally connected to the sides of the box. The side bars of saidframe are adapted, as the rear end of the box moves downward, to beengaged and stopped by the upper sides of the beams A and A, and thusprevent the continued descent of the end gate with the box end, therebyautomatically causing the latter to be opened and allowing the contentsof the box to be discharged. The bottom edge of each end gate R has pinsto enter openings in the bottom of the box, to hold the gate fromswinging on its connection with the cross bar of frame Q, as wouldhappen were no. such expedient provided. Preferably the front end ofeach box is made detachable from the box. To look the rear boxin'horizontal position a pin or bolt S is provided which projects fromone side near the front end thereof,

so as to drop into a notch or cavity a in the upper edge of one beam-A,over which pin, when in said notch, a slidingbar or rod '1 moving in agroove in the upper side of said beam, is adapted to be projected. Tosaid rod T, at its front end, is pivotally attached an operating levert, arranged in reach of one occupying the seat F and fulcruined in abracket 6 attached to the standard F. By moving the lever forward, therod will be projected over the pin in the notch and so lock the boxagainst being dumped,- while by moving said lever rearwardly, the rodwill be drawn from over the pin in the notch, and the box allowed todump. A spring bar U attached to and arising from the front bar B,isprovided to lock the front box in a horizontal position, for thispurpose having a horizontal extension u to overhang and engage the upperside of its front wall or gate. A vertical extension 11,, within reachof the drivers foot, affords means for moving the bar U and so releasingthe box and allowing it to dump. The rear box should be dumped first. Itwill be noticed that the positions of the lever 15 and trip u are suchthat both boxes can be dumped without leaving the seat F. The sides ofthe boxes are preferably made each of two pieces, one, the lower, havinga rabbet in its upper edge on its inner side in which is seated theupper piece. Said pieces are suitably bolted together and strengthenedby metal straps or plates.

I provide shoes V, V as shown, as brakes, to be applied to the rearwheels and hang them from boxes attached to the front ends of the bars Hand H. Each shoe is attached to a separate crank shaft, which by a link,is connected with a second crank shaft 7 journaled just in advance ofthe axle G, and adapted to be rocked from the drivers seatin any usualway.

I show two modes of securing the front ends of the dumping boxes 0 andO'detaehably in place; one applied to each box. I That shown inconnection with the front box, is as follows: Vertical rods to arergidly secured V to the front ends of said box by having their endscontained in the bottom thereof, and in a.

cross-bar a attached to the upper edge of the sides of the box. The end0 is placed against these rods from the inside of the box, and held fromfalling rearward by a turn button y pivoted at its inner face,whoseopposite ends engage notches in the bottom of the box'and in the underside of the cross-barn? This mode of holding the end in place, is verysecure and strong, as the strain or pressure of the load in the box issustained by the rods w, againstv which said end is pressed.

The front end of the rear box 0 is shown as secured in place by themetal staples 0 secured to its outer face, whose lower ends are bent ormade hook-shaped, to engagestaples z secured to the box bottom. On theupper edge of said end, is placed a spring plate Z, whose outer endsengage-notches in the upper ends of the brace plates or straps zconnection with the staples 0 I clain1- 1. Avehicle structure, having asupporting frame comprising two longitudinal beams,

means for the pivotal detachable connection 1 of two dump boxes, and aseparate locking device for each box,one comprising a. sliding baradapted to be projected over a pin on the rear box to hold the same in ahorizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

2. A vehicle structure, having a supporting frame comprising twolongitudinal parallel beams connected at their front ends by atransverse bar, and at their rear. ends by a sliding frame that carriesthe rear axle, and having provision for the detachable connection of twoseparate dumping boxes, a rod' '1 movable in a groove in one of thebeams, an operating lever pivoted to said rod, and a pin for engagingsaid rod substantially as shown and described.

3. In a vehicle structure, in combinatiorna supporting frame comprisingtwo longitudinal, parallel beams connected at their front ends by atransverse bar, means for the detachable pivotal connection of twodumping boxes, the spring lock bar for engaging the front box, thesliding rod to lock the other box, the sliding frame to which the rearaxle is attached, a lever pivoted to said rod, and a pin with which saidrod engages, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a vehicle structure, for the purpose described, in combination, aframe comprising two parallel beams united at their front ends, thesliding frame at their rear ends, having an L-shaped side piece toengage each beam, the loops carried by said beams near their front endsadapted to engage hooks on a dumping box, the loops on said slidingframe to engage books on asecond box, the spring latch plate for onebox, the sliding latch bar for the other box, and the notch for the pin,

the pin,the sliding rod movable in a groove in the beam, and a leverpivoted to said rod substantially as shown and described.

5. In combination, the vehicle side beams,

the two pivoted dumping boxes, one being placed in front of the other,the spring latch bar to engage and lock the front boxin a. horizontalposition, and the sliding bar adapted to be projected over a pinattached to the rear box to hold it in a horizontal position,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT F. KING.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. BOGERT, HERBERT S. WEBB.

